When God Feels Distant: How Divine Interruptions Grow Your Faith

When It Feels Like God Is Against You

Do you ever feel like God is not on your side?
You pray, you obey, and yet everything seems to close in around you.

Job felt that way:

“He has fenced up my way, so I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.” — Job 19:8

Even Jesus, in His greatest moment of suffering, cried out:

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?” — Mark 15:34

And Jonah? He found himself swallowed by a giant fish and left in the dark for three long days.

These moments weren’t the result of spiritual failure or the enemy’s victory.
They were divine interruptions—times when God Himself allowed delay, confinement, or even darkness to accomplish a greater purpose.

Disruption as a Tool for Growth

Seeds can’t sprout without first being buried in the soil. They must endure pressure, darkness, and time before breaking through to the light.

In the same way, God sometimes allows us to be “buried” in circumstances that feel like setbacks. But these are often His preparation grounds. The very disruption we wish away may be the catalyst for the maturity and fruit He’s growing in us.

So instead of despising the disruption, we can choose to lean into it. Trust that the One who holds your story knows exactly how to grow you for His purposes.

Trust in an emotion. You can't "make" yourself Trust God. 

It's easy to say, just trust God more. But that doesn't help in situations when it feels like God is the one punishing us. It's easy to say, just trust God more, or even tell our kids: trust in God because He has a plan. When in reality, we are wrestling with our own doubt. 

So, how? How can you trust God more if you aren't really sure He is trustworthy in the situations He has put you in? 

By being honest with Him, that you don't trust Him. 

So many times, we try to hide behind our pride and religiousness by saying the things we know we should say. But if we can't will ourselves to trust God, how can we? By humbling ourselves to admit that we don't really trust Him. 

Through the trials, through the testing, through the places He has asked us to endure. What if the key to pressing through, is admitting our defeat? That we can't do it without Jesus. That we don't really trust Him and we are trying to protect ourselves. 

When we do this, we allow Him to work. We give Him the space so show us that He is trustworthy, instead of relying on ourselves. 

Learning How You’re Designed to Grow

Another way to navigate divine interruptions is to understand how God uniquely designed you.

Your Redemptive Gift is the spiritual “wiring” God placed in you before you were born. It influences how you see the world, respond to challenges, and partner with the Holy Spirit in growth. For some Redemptive Gifts it is easier to trust God or admit that they don't. For others, that is harder. Because how God designed you matters. 

When you understand your design, you’ll begin to see how God is using even the hard seasons to mature the seeds He planted in you, grow your relationship with Him, and teach you to be more like His son Jesus. 

If you want to learn more about the Redemptive Gifts Check out this Blog Post: Why Knowing Your Redemptive Gift Changes the Way You Serve and Parent. 

Take the FREE Redemptive Gift Quiz to discover your design and learn how He is shaping you through life’s interruptions.

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